The first class of nurses graduated from the Whitby Hospital School of Nursing in 1921. Thousands of women were trained at the Whitby Hospital School of Nursing from its inception in 1920 until 1972. The modern facilities at Ontario Hosptial Whitby provided an outstanding environment in which to learn the fundamentals of nursing.

On 15 August 1923, the first nurses' residences were opened. Named after two psychiatric nurses who served and died during the First World War, the Naomi Barker Home and the Lena Davis Home meant that students could receive full-time training and education.

In 1963, the residences were replaced with newer building which could accommodate 144 students. The new School of Nursing and Nurses Residence had facilities for 12 sick bay rooms, 4 classrooms, a library, a dietetics laboratory, a science room, and 2 demonstration rooms. Just nine years later, however, the responsibility for the training of nurses was transferred to Ontario colleges and universities and the Whitby nursing school moved to Durham College. The nursing building at Ontario Hospital Whitby was demolished around 2006.

Click on the link at left to get a closer look at the graduates from the Whitby Hospital School of Nursing!